Refrigerator-box.



` y PATBNTED JULY 31, 1906,.

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No..sezssa ,Specification of, Letters, Patent.

Applicationflled February 14, 1905. Serial No'. 2453587.

T all whom it may concern:

*Be it known-that I, BYRON S.'=FRYAR,\a resident of'Sumner, inthecounty-of Pierce and State of Washington, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Refrigerator-Boxes; and I -dof-hereby declare thefollowingto be a full, clear, .and exactde'- scription of the invention,such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use the same. f

My invention relates to an improved refrigerator-box, the object of theinvention being to provide an ice-receptacle extending over the upperend of the box with entrance in one side and box-supports beneath theice -receptacle which may be removable through an opening in the side ofthe box beneath the ice-box door and provide a door normally closing theentrance for goods.

With these and other objects in view the invention consists in certainnovel features of construction and combinations and arrangements ofparts, as will be more fully hereinafter described, and pointed out inthe claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective viewillustrating my improvements. Fig. 2 is a view in vertical section7 andFig.' 3 is a view in section at right angles to Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is anenlarged view in section 'of the upper portion of the device.

1 represents a box which is shown of rectangular shape, although it maybe of other shape, divided by horizontal bars 2, forming an ice-chamberall across the upper end of the box, and the bottom of these bars 2 andbottom 4 of the box have grooves 5 to receive removable frames 6 tosupport boxes of berries or other goods.' One side of the box 1 belowpartition 2 is o en to receive the frames 'and boxes and is c osed by adoor 7, hinged atv one edge and having suitable securing means, such asshown at 8 and 9, at its other ed e.

he ice-chamber contains an ice-pan 3, of galvanized iron or othermaterial, and has a drip-pipe 8 projecting through the wall of box 1 andemptying into a drain-channel 10, protected by a removable casing 11,and the inner end of the drip-pipe 8 is protected by a cap or shield 12,perforated at one end. This cap or shield 12 is made with flanges 13 atboth sides to slip beneath guides 14 on the chamber-bottom to hold thecap in position or permit its ready removal.

Entrance to the ice-chamber 3 is permitted through an opening in thebox-Wall above door' 7 said 4opening being normally closed by I a door15, hinged a't its -lower edge andhav- -ingsuitable fasten-ing means 16at -itsyupper edge. To the inner face offV this 'doorl a lsheet-metalplate 17- is attached nby means -of a wire 17 a and issnugly heldagainstztheupwardly-bent end 18 of the ice-chamber .bottom to 4guideice` therein and preventvany -leak at this-v end of the chamber.'f'I-hee'n'ds 19 of the plate 17:-are-bent atright anglesand ends 19--have vlugs 225i formed bythe endsl of aretriangularin--shape,lasl-shown. #'Ihese the wire 17a, which vlimit the opening movement ofdoor 17, and said ends 19 also serve to properly guide the ice into thechamber when the door is open.

.As the ice-chamber'S it is necessary to provide means for preventingsuch moisture coming in contact with the fruit or other goods in therefrigerator. With this end in view the upper faces of the bars 2 aremade with longitudinal grooves 20, communicatin with grooved uprights21, and a removab e frame 22 is supported on the bars 2. This frame 22comprises aseries of convex boards 24, extending from bar 2 to bar 2 andall connected vby bars 23. These convex boards receive the` drip ofsweat from pan 3 and direct it intothe grooves 20, which convey the sameinto grooved uprights 21 and -prevent any contact with the` contents ofthe refrigerator. By making frame 22,

vbars 2, and uprights 21 entirely of wood there is no sweating of suchparts and all formation of moisture thereon is obviated.

By constructing my improvements as above described ice can be readilysupplied without disturbing the contents ofthe refrigerator, and .theentire space below the icechamber is utilized to receive goods. -Thedevice can be easily cleaned and is simple in construction, cheap tomanufacture, and strong and durable in use.

A great many slight changes. might be made in the general form andarrangement of the parts described without departing from my invention,and hence I would have is inclined to sweat,

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it understood that I do not restrict myself to f the precise' detailsset forth, but consider myself at liberty to make such slight changesand alterations as fairly fall within the spirit and scope of myinvention.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. A 'refrigerator having an ice-chamber- IIO provided with a door andan ice-guide attached to the door and free to move over a portion of thefloor of the ice-chamber when the door is being closed, said guideadapted to project into the ice-chamber an appreciable distance beyondthe doorway when the door is open and guide the ice into the icecharnberat a point inwardly beyond the doorway. p

2. A portable refrigerator-box having an ice-chamber, a door hinged atits lower edge at one 'end of said ice-chamber, and an iceguidepivotally attached at its upper edge to the door at the upper edge ofthe latter and movable at its free edge on the bottom ofthe ice-chamber.

3. A portable refrigerator-box having an ice-chamber, a door hinged atone end of said chamber7 and an ice-guide hin ed at its upper edge tothe inner face of t e door, said lee-guide comprising a metal platemovable on thebottom of the ice-chamber and sides movable. parallel withthe sides of the icechamber.

4. A portable refrigerator-box provided in its upper portion with anice-chamber having a closed bottom, grooved horizontal bars disposedbelow the closed bottom of the iccchamber, uprights having groovescommunieating with the grooves of the horizontal bars, and convex piecesover the horizontal bars and below the bottom of the ice-chamberfordirecting water of condensation into the grooves of the horizontal bars.

In testimony whereof- I have signed this speciiication in the presenceof' two subscribing witnesses.

BYRON S. FRY/lli. Witnesses MARTIN S. BUEHLER, JOHN R. PING.

